Reviews
Eco do Futuro
It's always refreshing to encounter a band that defies stereotypes, especially one with a lead singer who hails from balmy,...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
No Land
Olivier Mellano, Brendan Perry & Bagad’ Cesson
Brendan Perry's voice is a deep, sonorous instrument that carries all before it: a strong tidal river without a shore....
Reviewed in issue March/2018
The Worst is Yet to Come: Best Of 1995-2017
Norway's Los Plantronics have been rocking for more than 20 years now, hence this double CD or double-vinyl compilation. The...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Franklin
In 1845, the 129-strong crew of Captain John Franklin's expedition to discover the famed North-West Passage vanished in the icy...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Taos
Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis & Bijan Chemirani
In a trio setting there is little space to hide, so it is fortunate that each of the musicians here...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Balfron Promise
Comprising four musicians with Palestinian roots who formed a group in Jordan in 2013 but who are now resident in...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Why Should Your Heart Not Dance
A mixture of improvisatory jazz and folk traditions, with clever vocal harmony and counterpoint, Asaran Earth Trio are three female...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Ruckus
The pun in this Canadian band's name denotes them as innovators in the klezmer genre: the Pale of Settlement was...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Ask Your Heart
Oud player Mehmet Polat leads the way on this second album from his trio, although Sinan Arat's ney (Middle Eastern...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
RAMU
Although it's named after the Random Access Musical Universe (RAMU) sampling database that he created, what former Grateful Dead drummer...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
